PhD defence: Oskar Hougaard Jefsen
Neurophysiological brain responses and school performance in adolescents at familial/genetic risk of severe mental illness
Info about event
Time
Location
Aarhus University Hospital, Auditorium G206-145
On Friday 5 July at 9.00, Oskar Hougaard Jefsen defends his PhD dissertation entitled "Neurophysiological brain responses and school performance in adolescents at familial/genetic risk of severe mental illness".
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are severe mental illnesses. Both disorders arise from a complex interplay between genes and environment and children to ill parents are thus at an increased risk of becoming ill themselves. However, there is a lack of tools to predict who will develop these illnesses, how they develop, and how they can be prevented. In his PhD-project, Oskar Hougaard Jefsen has investigated how familial and genetic risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder is express in adolescence - in brain activity and in school performance.
The summary is written by the PhD student.
The defence is public and takes place at Aarhus University Hospital, Auditorium G206-145. Please see the press release for more information.
Contact
PhD student Oskar Hougaard Jefsen
Mail: oskar.jefsen@rm.dk
Phone: +45 30112066